Social services and the Church

As Russia undergoes a period of lost ideals and spiritual degradation, one of the way to revive the community’s spiritual life can be found in a closer cooperation between the Church and social pedagogues and workers.

The project can also benefit from the public’s growing religious awareness, a process which is likely to continue in future. The Church's social activities have more and more influence on various aspects of our social life. That is why there is a great amount of practical and academic interest in what we can learn from traditions created by a national institution which has many centuries of experience in social activities, i.e. the Church. For over a thousand years, the Church has been an influence on every day life and released social tensions by words of wisdom and charity. By helping those in grief, the Church helps the community to live in peace and harmony. After seventy years of administrative purges and bans, the Church is now free to exert its influence over various spheres: education, culture, politics, economy and charity.

All this makes all important the program «Religion as a Factor of Harmonizing Social Relations». Under the program, the Church is to play an important role in social life. However, Russia a country of various religions, the program takes into account the influence exercised by other religions. The program focuses on extensive studies of the practice of social activities performed by religious organizations, and their present typical features. It is also aimed at developing theoretical and practical recommendations and models of cooperation between social services and spiritual arms in various regions.

The research project is to help establish more extensive ties with church institutions and religious communities in the country. As a result, it will give an additional impetus to such contacts between social pedagogues and scientists, on the one hand, and the clergy and religious people, on the other, enriching them with new concepts and forms of cooperation.

 

XII. Подготовьте устное высказывание об истории социальной работы (10-15 предложений).

ЛЕКСИЧЕСКИЙ ТЕСТ № 2

В задании I установите соответствие между английскими и русскими терминами.

I

1) assistance 2) official 3) unemployed 4) overseer 5) alms 6) orphan 7) welfare 8) guardian 9) poor 10) poverty

a) надзиратель, надсмотрщик b) сирота c) помощь d) благополучие e) милостыня f) опекун g) бедный h) бедность i) отсутствие работы j) закон k) должностное лицо, служащий

В заданиях II – III выберите термин, не являющийся синонимом подчеркнутому

II almoner 1. child care worker

2. medical social worker

3. medical almoner

 

III guardian of the poor 1. overseer of the poor

2. poor

3. guardian

 

В заданиях IV – VI выберите термин, который нужно поставить в предложение

IV …… to the poor were distributed by almoners.

1. money; 2. presents; 3 alms.

 

V … was superseded by the title ‘medical social worker’

1. almsman; 2. almoner; 3. guardian.

 

VI Historians write about … helping distressed people in the 16^th – and 17^th – century England.

1. almsmen; 2. overseers; 3. social workers.

 

UNIT 3

SOCIAL SERVICES

I. Прочитайте и выучите новые термины и терминологические сочетания

 

allowance – необлагаемый налогом минимум пособия, выплачиваемый на детей и иждивенцев

children’s allowance – государственное пособие многодетным семьям

cost-of-living allowance – индексация заработной платы в связи с изменением прожиточного минимума

exclusion allowance – часть пособия, не облагаемая налогом

family allowance – государственное пособие многодетным семьям

housing allowance – пособие, выделяемое на оплату жилья

prenatal allowance – пособие по беременности и родам

retirement allowance – пенсия (по выходу в отставку)

benefit – пенсия, пособие

cash benefit – денежное пособие

disability benefit – пособие по инвалидности

inkind benefit – пособие в натуральной формеinsurance benefit – страховое пособие

maternity benefit – пособие, выделяемое в связи с рождением ребёнка

medical benefit – пособие по болезни

public assistance benefit – пособие по государственному социальному обеспечению

sick benefit – пособие по болезни

social benefits – пособия по социальному обеспечению

social security benefits – пособия по социальному обеспечению

social service benefits – пособия по социальному обеспечению

social welfare benefits – пособия по социальному обеспечению

survivors’ benefit – пособие в связи с потерей кормильца

unemployment benefit – пособие по безработице

unemployment-compensation benefit – пособие по безработице

insurance – страхование

insurance scheme – схема страхования

payments – выплаты

insurance payments – страховые выплаты

unemployment – безработица

 

II. Установите соответствия между терминами социальной работы на русском и английском языках

1) children's allowance 2) housing allowance 3) prenatal allowance 4) sick benefit 5) insurance scheme 6) social benefits 7) insurance payments 8) cash benefit 9) disability benefit 10) inkind benefit

a) государственное пособие многодетным семьям b) денежное пособие c) страховые выплаты d) пособие по беременности и родам e) пособие по болезни f) пособие в натуральной форме g) пособия по социальному обеспечению h) пособие по инвалидности i) схема страхования j) пособие, выделяемое на оплату жилья

III. Прочитайте следующие интернациональные слова и переведите их на русский язык

pension; depression; standard.
IV. Прочитайте текст и выполните задания к нему

ТЕКСТ A

SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE 20TH CENTURY

The social services grew extensively in the 20th century. Early in the century in Britain, for example, as well as bringing in the health insurance scheme, the British government introduced pensions for elderly people, insurance payments for people without jobs, and other such benefits. After World War I, the great worldwide industrial slump created new problems, for millions of people were suddenly out of work. During World War II, a new plan for the social services was introduced which led to family allowances (payments to help parents pay for the cost of their children); a national insurance scheme for all; national assistance (now called income support) to replace the old and much despised Poor Law; and a new system of free education for all children. These benefits made Britain into what is known as a welfare state.

A welfare state is one in which the government (national and local) organizes services to try to eliminate problems such as poverty, disease, poor housing, and unemployment. Each person is believed to have a right to a certain standard of living which includes, for example, the right to treatment for illness. Other welfare states include the Netherlands, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Scandinavian countries, and New Zealand.

In the United States, government-funded social and welfare services were introduced somewhat later than in Britain, Europe, and New Zealand. In the 1930s, the years of the great depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the New Deal policy to help the 13 million wage earners who had no jobs and the 5 million families living in poverty. Roosevelt believed strongly that if private industries could not provide jobs, then the government should step into help. The 1935 Social Security Act was passed to provide funds to help unemployed workers, and to create old-age pensions for qualified workers retiring after the age of 65.

V. Найдите в тексте эквиваленты к следующим терминам

1. пенсия по старости; 2. социальные службы; 3. национальная схема страхования; 4. пособие многодетным семьям;

5. плохое жильё; 6. устранить проблемы; 7. квалифицированный рабочий; 8. право на лечение.

VI. Найдите в тексте и новой лексике синонимы к следующим терминам

unemployed, work, benefit, children’s allowance, medical benefit, social service benefits, unemployment benefit.